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Genus of bats From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taphozous is a genus of the family Emballonuridae. The wide distribution of the genus includes several regions of Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Africa. Taphozous comes from the Greek τάφος, meaning "a tomb". The common names for species include variants on sac-winged, sheathtail, or tomb bats.
Taphozous | |
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Black-bearded tomb bat (Taphozous melanopogon) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Emballonuridae |
Genus: | Taphozous Geoffroy, 1818[1] |
Type species | |
Taphozous perforatus Geoffroy, 1818 | |
Species | |
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The genus is the type for a grouping within the family, subfamily Taphozoinae,[2] and an arrangement that describes two subgenera is as follows:
subgenus Taphozous (Liponycteris)[3]
subgenus Taphozous (Taphozous),[4]
The diversity of some species are recognised as subspecies. Some populations are poorly known, the species Taphozous hilli was not recognised amongst the population of the more common species Taphozous georgianus until 1980.[5]
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